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The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.

A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

Democratic politicians and reformers say the donation shows a major loophole in campaign finance law.

Emmy-nominated producer. She is the Inprint Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Fellow in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program, where she is pursuing her MFA. Her poetry has appeared in Mom ...

DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue.

"Somebody had to eat the first oyster." With that salty metaphor, Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock makes the argument that elected officials shouldn't be afraid to try new ideas—in this case, vouchers ...

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Catherine Lu is a poet, arts writer, and Emmy-nominated producer. She is the Inprint Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Fellow in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program, where she is ...